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NUTRIENT DENSE – The definition: Most commonly, nutrient density is defined as a ratio of nutrient content to the total energy content. Nutrient-dense food is opposite to energy-dense food (also called “empty calorie” food). From the study: Powerhouse fruits and vegetables (PFV), foods most strongly Read More …

Pescetarianism (also spelled pescatarianism) is the practice of a diet that includes seafood, but not the flesh of other animals. A pescetarian diet typically shares many of its components with a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet and includes vegetables, fruit, nuts, grains, beans, eggs, dairy, and insect Read More …

Soylent frees you from the time and money spent shopping, cooking and cleaning, puts you in excellent health, and vastly reduces your environmental impact by eliminating much of the waste and harm coming from agriculture, livestock, and food-related trash. Is Soylent what the future of Read More …

Chart via I happen to be watching the trailer for the FOOD HEALS documentary, and there was a part I had missed earlier where John Salley says that he started his path on a “MACROBIOTIC DIET” and I had no clue what the hell that Read More …

Choose Health LA seeks to improve nutrition, increase physical activity and reduce obesity, especially in disadvantaged communities in LA County. CHLA is working to transform the environment that we live in that contributes to overweight, obesity and sedentary lifestyles and replace it with a new Read More …

14 year old Rachel Parent debates Kevin O’Leary on the issue of Genetically Modified Food I see Kevins point, I see this young ladies point, and I think I have to say that she wins in a landslide. To make sure that I am as Read More …

As defined by wikipedia, Community-supported agriculture or CSA for short, is an alternative, locally-based economic model of agriculture and food distribution. The National Agricultural Library gets a little deeper in its definition of a CSA: Typically, members or “share-holders” of the farm or garden pledge Read More …